Born at Lynn in Norfolk in about 1373, Margery married and had fourteen
children. After she had received several visions, she and her husband
went on a pilgimage to Canterbury. Her fervent denunciations of all
pleasure aroused stiff opposition and she was accused of Lollardy. In
1413 she and her husband took vows of chastity before the Bishop of
Lincoln. She also made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The Book of Margery
Kempe, which is almost the sole source of information about the author,
describes her travels and mystical experiences. It also shows her
closeness to the passion of Christ for the sins of the world. The last
reference to her is on a pilgrimage to Danzig in 1433.

From _Report on the Calendar, Lectionary and Collects, 2000_. The
Liturgical Commission of the Church of England, 1995.